Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] and [conj] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Ireland , Barbara had learned a method of making cheese with unskimmed cow 's milk and when she returned to Ayrshire she introduced the new process . |
| 2 | During the interview , MacKie was asked to explain why nearly two million Shanks & McEwan shares had been sold with ‘ indecent haste ’ , after a meeting with the company 's chairman and if he had been told that Shanks & McEwan were going to issue a profits warning to the stock market . |
| 3 | A woman spends many years charring in Cremona ; she saves all her money to buy an apartment for her son when he gets married ; her no-good husband , the boy 's father , reappears after years and demands assistance ; she refuses ; when the son is engaged , she relents and negotiates subsidies to her ex-husband , for a suit , a car , a wedding-present ; she organizes a big reception to which she invites all her former employers ; nobody comes except a tennis-star ; there is no sign of the husband ; her lawyer tells her that the girl her son is marrying is her husband 's mistress and that he had already taken over the apartment ; she reflects a moment and decides to carry on with the reception , everything is all right , ‘ if no one notices anything , it is as though nothing has happened ’ ; passers-by are invited to join the wedding-party , which they happily do because the tennis-star is present ; the husband turns up in his new car ; no one takes any notice of him because no one knows who he is , except for the dealer he sometimes does jobs for , who tells him all new cars lose half their value as soon as they are bought and end up on the scrapheap anyway . |
| 4 | Laidlaw had been detained by the police only hours after Barak 's murder and although they had interrogated him at regular intervals every four hours , trying to break him down , he had managed to stick to his story . |
| 5 | He finished tying a big bow dead on Kim 's cleavage and as she turned to go , she winked at me . |
| 6 | ‘ Everything here will be available to Mr Riddle 's lawyer and if I have to take anything away I shall give you a receipt . ’ |
| 7 | Frederick did not care to see that these ambitions could only be satisfied at Poland 's expense and that they threatened Poland 's existence . |
| 8 | It is placed in your child 's seat and if he moves off it , the pressure-sensitive cushion sounds the alarm . |
| 9 | As it was a weekend , all the bigger-wig doctors were not on duty but , knowing of Nigel 's condition and that he had only a short time to live , they brought him through . |
| 10 | The team working on the Elton project says it 's had definite results — increasing some children 's concentration and that they join in more than before . |
| 11 | Since the Brownings ' present had paid the year 's rent and since she had managed the household so economically there was an actual income , growing monthly , from the boarders , upon which they could live . |
| 12 | The document also stated that ‘ reactionary leaflets ’ which had been circulated in Sera monastery in Lhasa were found at Dorje Wangdu 's home and that he had ‘ distributed symbols of personal protection ’ ( amulets blessed by a high lama ) , brought ‘ from abroad ’ , to monks in Ganden monastery . |
| 13 | ‘ But I will tell you this , I shall not be beaten , I will rebuild my father 's business and when I do , I want you all to return to work for me . ’ |
| 14 | I told him Lucille 's name and where she lived . |
| 15 | Mr D. Davidson turned out to be Alec 's father and after I had identified myself as an old school-friend of Alec 's — I allowed myself a little poetic licence in this description — he confirmed that Alec still lived in Strondonald . |
| 16 | The second point is that many people lean forwards as they slap down the opponent 's punch and so you need to remember that there are two fists to worry about here , not one ! |
| 17 | But that was against the non-white Cricket Board 's policy and when he refused to apologise , he was banned from playing with people of his own race . |
| 18 | To get to the Fish Co-operative he had to pass Riddle 's yard and as he did so Matthew was getting into one of the firm 's vans ; he carried a clip-board and a surveying tape . |
| 19 | Failing that you could check out your bank balance and treat yourself to a stay at Champneys health resort which has recently installed a Skier 's Edge and where they gear workouts to your ski-specific needs . |
| 20 | Stephen finished fifth overall in last year 's championship and although he won this round at the circuit last year , he will face tough competition from the mainland entrants . |
| 21 | He said his lawyer had persuaded him to contest his father 's will and that he 'd regretted it ever since . |
| 22 | It claims Michael Heseltine wrote two letters to SFV saying he 'd read the company 's brochure and because it did n't run package holidays there was no need for insurance . |
| 23 | Christian joy is found when we hold on to God 's hand and when we learn that fabulous certainty with which we can step out into the uncertainties of the coming day . |
| 24 | The latter is a very slow growing starter and is happier without peat at planting time — in fact , it grows best for me in builder 's rubble and when it does get going soon catches up on lost time . |
| 25 | I want Martin to be Cullam 's shadow and if he goes and pays cash for that refrigerator we 're really getting somewhere . |
| 26 | But up to your right , where the estuary flows into the sea , that 's Mr Swinton 's land and although I know no harm in him myself , they say — they say he does n't like trespassers , Miss Alexandra . |
| 27 | He talked glowingly about nuclear powered aircraft but this was beyond Argentina 's ability and so they settled for more conventional designs . |
| 28 | Gary Jones , 29 , strapped the device to the exhaust pipe of Phillip Redmond 's van and when he drove off it exploded . |
| 29 | I pulled up outside Tremayne 's house and while I put on my socks again she said she would come in for a while for company , ‘ to cure the trembles ’ . |
| 30 | I was seven and I was I went to a neighbour 's house and as it happened I was looking through the blooming window when the funeral went past so I was no better off you know . |